The Future of the Church – the Reversed Mission Field
Key Takeaways Focusing on the culture will lead to the decline of the church. The Western church’s attempts to conform to contemporary culture is resulting
The Forgotten Posture
Modern leadership literature is obsessed with action verbs. We are told a leader must stand tall as a direction setter, march forward as a change
The Age of Mass Deception
In his work The Crowd, Gustave Le Bon made a startling statement as early as 1895: ‘In crowds, it is stupidity and not mother-wit (=the
The Leader We Long For
He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and
Urgent, Radical, Demanding
This morning, as I prayed for my distant family — for my children, my grandchild, for those I love yet cannot hold — I found
Gentleness: The Rarest — and Most Needed — Leadership Quality
Only about 5% of the general population is narcissistic. Among top executives, it’s 18%. Add to that: 21% show psychopathic traits, 4% are outright psychopaths.
Choose Your Pain
We all yearn for a painless life, a life devoid of suffering. We long for something we believe we were created for, but it remains
The Power of the Weak – lessons from a newborn
“…unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in
The Request Jesus will Grant
Mark 5:1-14 – Jesus heals the demon-possessed man. We read three requests in this story. Three different times we read the phrase “begging for Jesus”.
The Two (!) Prodigal Sons
We all know the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). Jesus didn’t title the parable, we did. But the parable talks about two sons